Garment hanger



GARMENT HANGER Filed June 4, 1947 mwN.

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INVENTOR.

Patented Mar. 14,'.1950

UGARMENT HANGER .liillienlliJWinnemore, Cambridge; Md.

.Applicatioirlune 4, 1947;' Sera1"`No.-7'52;402

(Cl. 22S-185) j 3.' .olaeims ,il This invention relates to a garmenthanger. Garment hangers wor` thefcoat; combined coat and. ,trousersaswell asothertypes, as now constructed, usually include asupprtingfhookior suspension of the garments from rods or hooks in a.wardrobe.

While it is important that garment hangers be capable-of quickconnection` to or disconnection fromv a rodorythe like; as 'is affordedbyfthewell '-hangers.whetheremptyor supporting garments,

retain their'- placedpositionsy against inadvertent removal.

""i'Fhus, itisA acommonexperience when-placng or removing a coat on orfrom a hanger, to disn lodge one or more adjacent hangers, with theresult that they fall to the floor, which if empty cause unnecessaryexertion and if supporting garments, such garments are liable to becomesoiled as well as rumpled in thus falling to the iioor.

A primary object of this invention is to provide a garment hanger whichsatisfies the maximum requirements of hangers as relates to theirsuspension, and which satisfactorily overcomes the above notedobjections to existing garment hangers.

A further and somewhat more specific object of the invention is theprovision of a garment hanger including garment-supporting portions anda self-closing retaining hook which is capable of being readily openedfor placing the hanger on, or removing same from, a supporting rod orthe like.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will present themselves inthe course of the following detailed description, taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawing, wherein- Figure l is a side elevationalview of the hanger in accordance with a preferred structural embodimentthereof.

Figure 2 is an edge view as observed from the right oi Fig. l.

Figure 3 is a top plan View of the hanger.

1lhe improved hanger comprises a pair of cooperating sections Ii] and Iwhich are prefer'- ably formed from fiat bars or strips of plasticmaterial. The section iii is bent or twisted at I2 through an angle of90 in the provision of a curved hook I3 above the twist and a pivotportion M below the twist. The section is further twisted through anangle oi 99 at I5, thereby returning the flat bar in conformity with thehook I3, and the section I0 below the twist I5 extends downwardly andlaterally in the form of a shoulder-supporting portioni. Iihewsec v:tionIVI is twistedithroughanangleoiffQO" `at Ii in A'ther provision Avof a 1pivoti ,portion i8 at one side oithetwist and-2a s-houlderesupportingportionf' I-Q attheother side ofthe twist.

The-portions MrA arid# I 8 'rare pivotally'vconneeted -as bya'fb'oltftor--othe'rL suitablemeans and; as will "be observed Vfrom the idrawing,the pivot connectionfris closely-adjacent the yhook 53, and fthepor-tions offthe sections Titi. and I lebelowthe ypivot arel:muchiflonger than a the vportions above the'rpivot. l

f While it `is desiredthat the *flat'b'ar sections retain their widthsat`right4angiesto a'vertical plane extending longitudinally through thehang-i er, it is necessary to provide the vertical bar portions i4 andI8 to facilitate pivoting of the sections, and for this reason only, thesections are twisted at I2, I 5 and I'I. It is to be observed, however,that sections of other transverse di mensions may be used. For example,the sections may be square in cross section, and accordingly thetwisting wold not be required, or the at bar-like sections may bedisposed entirely vertically as the portions I4 and I8, in which eventthe twisting would be unnecessary. Furthermore, the sections may betubular or of cylindrical stock, in which event they may be flattenedadjacent their points of pivotal connecion.

The shoulder-supporting portions I6 and I9 are inwardly curved at theirlower ends as at ZI in the provision of internal loops 22, and which areinwardly extended in horizontal p0rtions 23 which, in turn, termin-atein upwardly directed extensions 24.

As will be readily seen from Fig. 1, the upper end of portion I8 ofsection II normally engages the free end of the hook I3, due to theweight of the substantially long portions below the pivot 20, the hangerhaving a tongs-like action.

In use, the lower portions of the sections I0 and II are grasped in thehands and upon separating such portions, portion I8 moves away from theend of the hook, whereby it may be placed on a supporting rod, afterwhich the portion I8 automatically moves into hook-closing position. Theweight of the portions below pivot 20 is suicient to maintain the hookclosed even without a garment on the hanger, and with a garment thereon,the hook is more rmly closed.

The removal of the hanger from the rod is effected by the same operationas in the placement thereon. The hook I3 and portion I8 above pivot 20in effect provide a loop which is normally closed by gravity and whichis readily openable for introducing a rod or the like thereinto.

The loops 22 provide for reception of the shoulder straps of slips andthe like, and trousers may be supported by a removable rod engaged withthe projections 24.

Furthermore, the hanger may be readily y adapted for supporting trousersby means of a telescoping tube, or an elastic cord.

The invention, however, is more particular] concerned with the pivotallyconnected sections providing relatively short loop-forming members andrelatively long garment-supporting portions.

While I have disclosed my invention in accordance with a single specicembodiment thereof, such is to be considered :as illustrative only, andnot restrictive, the scope of the invention being deiined in thefollowing claims.

What I claim and desire to secure by U. S. Letters Patent is:

1. A garment hanger comprising a pair of elongated sections disposed inintersecting relation adjacent corresponding ends thereof and pvotallyconnected together at said intersection, said sections thus disposed andconnected providing relatively long normally downwardly directeddiverging garment-supporting portions disposed below said pivotalconnection, said sections above the pivotal connection providing a pairof relatively short separable loop-forming portions normally held inengagement with each other by the weight of the relatively longgarment-supporting portions.

2. A garment hanger according to claim 1, wherein one of saidloop-forming portions is in the form of a downwardly opening curvedhook, and the other loop-forming portion is straight and in continuationof one of said garment-supporting portions, said straight portionadjacent its free end normally engaging the free end of said hook underthe Weight of said garmentsupporting portions, and being separabletherefrom upon upward movement of the garmentsupporting portions.

3. A garment hanger according to claim l, wherein saidgarment-supporting portions adjacent their lower free ends are eachprovided with an inwardly facing loop which is extended in asubstantially horizontal portion, the horizontal portion merging into anupwardly directed extension and the loop projecting below the horizontalportion.

JULLIEN F. WINNEMORE.

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